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INVENTOR IVAN w. GROTHEY BY HIS ATTORNEYS .atented Dec. 31 1935 IUNITED. STATES PATENT oFncE 2.026.121 xm'rrsn FABRIC Ivan W. Grothey,Laconia, N. IL, assignor to Scott 8: Williams, Incorporated, New York,

N. Y., a corporation of Massachusetts Application April 28, 1933, SerialNo. 668,457

2 (Cl. 66-201) a This invention relates to a knit fabric and parwales,as l to inclusive, ticularly to a fabric such as is usedin hosieryformed by knitting yarns in platingrelation and it is an object of thisinvention to provide a fabric in which, by suitable combinations ofwrapping, facing and backing yarns, suitable and attractive patterns maybe formed.

In the drawlngs:-- Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of a stocking embodyingfabric knit in accordance with this invention; I

Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of a stocking leg with. the patterns shownin Fig. 1 indicated thereon; a

Fig. 3 is a view of 'a portion of a stocking leg having thereon patternsformed in accordance with this invention but differing from the patternsshown in Figs. 1 and 2; and Y Figs. 4, 5, 6, '7 and 8 areenlarged viewsof the knit, loops on the 1ines4--4, 5-5, 6-6, 1-1 and 8-8 respectivelyof Fig. 3 showing the relative positions in the various loops orstitches of the 'various yarns used in forming the patterns shown inFigs. 1, 2 and 3. In Fig. 1 there is shown a stocking the body a of theleg L and instep I of which is formed of two yarns, a backing yarn and afacing yarn, knit in plating relation, and associated with said platedyarns is one or more embroidery or pattern are formed of a backing yarnb and a'facing yarn p, w ch'are fed. in such plating relation that thefacing yarn 9 appears on the face of the fabric. Ina number of wales, as6 and l, a wrapping yarn w is knit with 5 the backing yarn b while thefacing yarn p is floated past thesewales. At the line 4"4" of Fig. 2 thenumber of wales would be greater than at the lines 4-4 of Fig. 3 and4'-4"of' Fig. 2. In the following wales the facing yarn p is again 10knit with the backing yarn b as in wales 8 to II inclusive. a

In Fig. 5, the backing \yarn b and the facing.

yarn p are usedin formingthe loop of wale l; the wrapping yarn w isknitwith the backing yarn b in forming the loops of wales 2 and 3 while thefacing yarn p is floated; the facing yarn p is knit with the backingyarn b in forming wales 4 to '9 inclusive, and the wrapping yarn 19 isfloated; the wrapping yarn w is knit with the 20 backing yarn b informing wales l0 and Hand the facing yarn p is floated; and thefacingyarn "p is knit with the backing yarn in forming wales l2 and i3,the wales 2, 3 and lli,'l.|, forming the sides of the hollow patternfigure I in the same manner as the stripe portion 5 is formed, whilewales 4 to 9 inclusiveform the plated fabric between the side portionsof the figure. The arrangement of the yarns in the loops on the line thefabric I In the figure portion i the fabric M yarn b and facing yarn pare used in forming 5 I is also knit of the body'yarn only; wales l2 andI3. This arrangement forms-apat- In Figs. 4 to 8 inclusive, onlysuflicient walestern figure as at the line 6-6 of Fig. 3 and line havebeen shown in each course to clearly illus- 65-6 of Fig. 2, wales 2, 3and III, II forming the trate the relations of the yarns and it is to beside portions of the figure, wales 4, I, 8 .and l 5 understood that thenumbers of wales to which forming plated fabric within the boundaries of50 v particular yarns are fed in each course may be r the pattern figureand wales .6 and I forming the varied. In Fig. 4, which shows thearrangement. inner pattern flgure I of the backing yarn only. of yarnsfor forming the pattern stripe portion Fig. 2 along the line 6"6" issimilar except for 5 s as at the line 4-4 of Fig. 3 and the lines 4'-4'the change in the number of wales knit of the 5 and '4"--4" of Fig. 2,the loops of yarns fed to selected needles in a wrapping relationinorder to form the desired patterns. In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, for the purposeof illustration, the wrappingyarns are shown as forming pattern figurescomprising stripe portions 3 and hollowflgure portions 1 f, i but itwill be understood the invention is not limited to the particulardesigns shown. Within each of the hollow figure portions f and I thereis a fabric l formed of the backing and facing yarns identical with thefabric of the body of the stocking and fabric I knit of only one of theyarns used in knitting the body of the leg of the stocking. In theillustration given, the backing yarn is used alone toform the fabric I,so as to contrast with a number of 5'-5' of Fig; 2 is the same exceptfor a possible diflerence inthe number of wales past which a particularyarn is floated.

In Fig. 6 the backing yarn b and facing yarn p are used in forming walel;'the wrapping yarn w and backing yarn b are used in forming wales 2and 3, while the facing yarr. p is floated. The backing yarn b andfacing yarn p are used in forming wales 4, 5, 8 and 9 and the backingyarn b alone. is used in forming wales'fi and 'I-, thefacing yarn 9being floated past wales 6 and I while 40 the wrapping yarn w is floatedpast wales 4 to Q inclusive. The backing yarn b and wrapping yarn w areused'in forming wales I0 and II, while the facing yarn is floated andthe backing backing yarn alone,

' p being floated. Wales 3, 4, 6, l, 9, i8 and i3 are formed of thebacking yarn b and facing yarn p, wales 5 and 8 being formed of thebacking yarn b alone, 'while the wrapping yarn w is floated pa'st' wales3 to 18 inclusive, and the facing yarn is floated past wales 5 and 8.Wales II and i2 are formed of the backing yarn b and wrapping yarn w,while the facing yarn is floated past these wales. This arrangementforms a pattern figure as at, the line 'l''| of Fig. 3 and of Fig. 2wales i, 2 and H, I2 forming the side portions of the figure; wales 3,4, 8, 1, 9 and ID forming plated fabric within the boundaries of the pattern figure and wales 5 and 8 forming the inner pattern figures I 2 ofthe backing yarn alone. In this case it will be noted the figures I areseparated by wales of plated fabric. The arrangement of line l'1' ofFig. 2 differs from the arrangement at line B"-6" of that figure inhaving wales of plated fabric between wales formed of the backing yarnonly instead of having a plurality of adjacent wales knit of the backingyarn only; thus in the arrangement at line 'l-'l the facing yarn istaken by the needles knitting the wales 6 and 1 when the needlesknitting the wales 5 and 8 float the facing yarn while a in thearrangement at line 6"--6 the needles knitting the wales 6 and 7 wouldcontinue to float the facing yarn when the needles knitting wales 5 and8 floated the facing yarn.

In Fig. 8, wales I to 3 and I 8 to i3 are formed of the backing yarn band facing yarn p; Wales 4, 5, 8 and 9 are formed of the backing yarn band wrapping yarn w, while the facing yarn p is floated past thesewales. formed of the backing yarn b alone, while both the facing yarn pand the wrapping yarn w are floated past these wales. This arrangementforms a pattern figure as at line 8-8 of Fig. 3 and line 8--8' of Fig.2, wales Q, 5 and 8, 9-forming the side portions of the figure whilewales 6- and I, knit of the backing yarn only, form the center portion Iof the pattern figure F.

From the drawings it is seen that knitting the backing yarn b and facingyarn 1) gives the fabric of the body of the stocking and the similarfabric 1 within the embroidery patterns; that knitting the embroideryyarn w and the backing yarn b gives the embroidery pattern and stripes,the yarn being fed in such relations that the em- Wales 8 and 1 arebroidery yarn appears on the face of the fabric. Floating the facingyarn 11 while the wrapping yarn w is being fed to the needles reducesthe number of yarns to be knit in one loop and reduces the tension onthe yarns in drawing the loops an the danger of cutting the yarns causedthereby Floating both the facing yarn p and the wrapping yarn w, whilethe backing yarn b only is being knit, permits ofadditional figures of acontrasting color being formed without necessitating the use of anadditional yarn.

Selection and operation of the needles to receive and knit the variousyarns may be made as shown in my co-pending application Serial No.668,456,

filed April 28, 1933, in which jacks mounted in the needle grooves areselected initially, so that the needles which take the wrapping yarnsare raised to take that yarn, the jacks for the needles taking thebacking yarn only are raised partly but not sufiicient to aifect theneedles, while the jacks of the needles which take both the backing andthe facing yarns are notraised atthat time. Subsequently the needleswhich take the wrapping yarn are brought down to the level of theneedles which take the backing yarn only and the Jacks 1 therefor arebrought to the level of the jacks for those needles which take thebacking yarn only, after which the jacks of the needles which take thefacing and backing yarns are raised to move their needles to a positionto take the facing yarn after which these needles and jacks are moved tothe level of the other needles and jacks, the level in which all needlestake the backing yarn and the level of the jacks at that time.

What is claimed is 3 1. In a fabric formed of a backing yarn and afacing yarn knit in plating relation, a wrapping yarn knit in platingrelation with said backing yarn while said facing yarn is floated toform a hollow embroidery pattern on said fabric and a 4 pattern figurewithin the boundaries of said hollow embroidery pattern comprising loopsformed of the backing yarn while both said facing yarn and said wrappingyarn are floated.

2. In a fabric formed of a backing yarn and a 44 facing yarn knit inplating relation, a wrapping yarn knit with said backing yarn to form anembroidery figure having wales of plated fabric within the limits of theembroidery figure and a stepped hollow pattern figure consisting ofloops 5( of the backing yarn between wales of the plated fabric withinthe boundaries of the embroidery pattern and having a Wale or wales ofplated fabric between wales of the backing yarn.

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